A 20-year-old Jackson Township man accused of raping a 14-year-old Massillon girl has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for next week and a tentative trial date set for February in Stark County Common Pleas Court.

Malik Deshaun Ruffin is accused of entering a home uninvited in the early morning hours of Sept. 20 on Massillon's southeast side and raping a girl, according to Detective Bobby Grizzard with the Massillon Police Department.

A pretrial hearing has been continued to Wednesday and a temporary trial date has been set for 9 a.m. Feb. 10 in Stark County Common Pleas Court, said Jeff Foltz, bailiff for Judge Curt Werren.

Ruffin was secretly indicted on rape and burglary charges in November and turned himself in to police. He pleaded not guilty in November during arraignment in Common Pleas Court. Bond was set at $750,000. He remains in the Stark County Jail.